Molecular characterisation of 12 Chlamydophila felis polymorphic membrane protein genes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Harley, Ross ^a   Herring, Alan ^a   Egan, Kathy ^a   Howard, Pam ^a   Gruffydd Jones, Tim ^a   Azuma, Yoshinao ^b   Shirai, Mutsumori ^b   Helps, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila felis; pmp; Polymorphic membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CAT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PMP GENE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS;

EID: 34548015453     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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